Ryan and Debi

Travel, Tech, Thoughts…

  • Streeetttccchhh!

    Toren loves to stretch when waking up… and when eating… and, well, all the time:

  • Pfeifferhorn

    Summit Date: August 1st, around 10:30 Party: Ryan Cragun, Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett While in Utah I did my annual hike with my two hiking buddies, Tom and Mark.  Having hiked all the highpoints within about a day’s drive of Salt Lake City, we decided to do something local this year.  Of course, it’s not…

  • Ubuntu Fresh Install

    I mentioned a while back that I switched all of our computers (currently 5) to Linux (Ubuntu, to be specific).  I was committed to making the transition this time and have spent quite a bit of time becoming more proficient with the operating system.  I wouldn’t say I’m a Linux expert, by any means, but…

  • Ubuntu: How to Install Galleon on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

    One of the great features of Tivo (and one of the reasons why we won’t switch to a different PVR) is that you can transfer shows to your computer.  This is great for teachers as you can find shows and copy them to your computer to then use in class.  Alas, switching to Linux meant…

  • Ubuntu: Enabling USB Support in Virtualbox

    While Ubuntu does about 95% of what I need my OS to do, there are a few things it doesn’t do (or at least doesn’t do well).  I occasionally need to recognize the text of documents.  There are a few programs for this for Linux OSes, but they all suck – really, they do.  Since…

  • Ubuntu: How to Automount Internal NTFS Drives

    For most new users of Linux, automounting an internal NTFS drive is probably not a concern as you’ll just have one hard drive and it will be reformatted to either EXT3 or EXT4.  But for people who dual boot Windows and Linux, like I do, being able to mount the NTFS formatted drives in your…

  • another father realization

    I could be completely wrong here, but it seems like there is something different about Toren’s eyes.  When he’s looking at me or at Debi, it looks like he understands – like there is some sense of recognition.  He seems… aware.  But when he’s just looking around at random stuff, his eyes seem glossy and…

  • Toren “walks over”

    For those following the blog, you may remember that Debi told Toren to “walk over” to her one evening to eat (she was tired). Well, a few days later I helped Toren do exactly that:

  • Toren’s a genius

    Here is Toren’s first blog post: iokjnuiujkcsjuikldkefrsd,kjchn kicjufvilkbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb mncv bajnhioerkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkdfvd jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjhn kmsssssssssssssssss nh vb jnnfcvgjb njhfducndfc8 vjk,mfcgv Never mind that it is completely unintelligible, he typed it with his feet!  How many bloggers out there can type with their feet? (Yeah, he probably already spends too much time in front of the computer…)

  • fingers don’t cut it

    Toren is learning pretty quick. I used to be able to fool him with a finger: Now, unless there is something yummy on that finger (e.g., SpriteZero), he’s not interested at all.